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Samsung joins Google in RCS shaming Apple (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Samsung has released a new video in support of Google’s #GetTheMessage campaign which calls for Apple to adopt RCS or “Rich Communication Services,” the cross-platform protocol pitched as a successor to SMS that adopts many of the features found in modern messaging apps... like Apple’s own iMessage.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Great until they got rid of sms fall back for people that don't have signal

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That pretty much only affected the small percentage of American users that used Signal for the SMS integration. For everyone else it literally made no difference whatsoever. Besides, it is completely in line with their vision to not include SMS since it is an insecure protocol.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'd argue the percentage wasn't small. The available population was Android users with SMS contacts.

Either way, it was an unforced error for the Signal leadership that gave away their competitive advantage in their home field to mainly Google and Facebook apps.

There is no way to convince me to go back to supporting Signal after that blunder. They destroyed my secure contacts network in less than two months after the announcement.

@Virkkunen @0421008445828ceb46f496700a5fa6

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nobody outside the US uses SMS anymore.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You're simply wrong about that.

> As many as 63% of users worldwide rely on the default texting app on their cell phones. The remainder of the texting market is split between the most popular messaging apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, etc

> 37% of consumers prefer to use instant messaging apps like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger to communicate with companies, while 31% prefer text/ SMS

https://www.telemessage.com/messaging-trends-by-country-and-platform/

https://textus.com/playbook/2022-texting-statistics-and-2023-predictions/

@GigglyBobble

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Didn't really think so, just wanted to apply Cunningham's Law. ;)
Thanks a lot for the links.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's not really needed because unlike iMessage, anyone can use Signal.